Overall 9.6 Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Depth 9.5 Difficulty 7
9.5
You Counter-Strike the Terror! darthyoda
Did you ever feel angry about Terror attacks? Are you a tactical mind? This is the game for those people! You can play as the Terrorists, or the Counter-Terrorists. You must cooperate with your team in order to take out the bomb, rescue hostages, or just do a war of attrition. Eliminate all enemy threats! With accurate game models, real tactics, and good team play, it's your game, and you are to take out the terror threat in your area!
Graphics: Many have heard about the free-to-play version of Counter-Strike, but this one has MUCH better graphics, even though it is older than that version. I couldn't believe how amazing it looked when I first booted the game up. The guns have realistic animations, and when the clips are getting removed it's realistic and it also has the real loading animations down with amazing accuracy! I just love everything they did with the game. From the smoke of the barrel, to the detail on the arm, it's just awesome, I really can't find a much better word for it!
With the amazing crispness of the game to the detail, it's a 10/10. Sound: Well, this is also a strong suit of the game. The guns have different sounds, the pistol sounds different from the Rifle, sounds different from the Sniper Rifle, etc. You should get the point. The different "class" of gun has it's unique sound. But don't think that the sound stops there. The voices used for each guy is also good. One really cool thing about the voices are that they are almost real. I don't know a lot of the languages, but I do think they sound real. The German is authentic, and the Arabic sounds the same to me. (But then again, I don't speak Arabic.) It's just incredible. They don't have much variation in their speech, but it is at least real! Now, when you walk it makes sound! (I know, that sounds stupid.) The sounds change though, based on the material you are walking on. If you are on a stone walkway, it sounds like you are walking on a stone walkway. Wooden stairs sound like, guess what? This should be normal, but in many games, they don't seem to have the sounds here done... But enough with that, here's another point that's also cool! Distant sounds. When someone is in a Firefight, it sounds like it. But it doesn't only sound like it, you can hear the direction! That's what makes it just so accurate! If you happen to get isolated from the action, you can quickly find out exactly where it is, not just from the map, but also the sound!
Beep, Beep, Beep, BOOOM! This gets blown out of the water with a 9/10. Addictiveness: I find that it's fun to just go out and blast some terrorists in the face, especially with friends. It's just so fun to use tactics and team co-op to win a match, and with friends it's just that much more fun. Now I kind of already mentioned this, Tactics. It sounds so boring to those who don't like the RTS games, but this is a different type. More like Paintball, without the welts and the mask. It's just so addictive, especially when you really begin to get better at it. The game is not that hard to get used to, if you play many different types of MMOFPS games. But for the most part, many people play mainly single-player games. This takes that feel and brings it up to another level! That level is called Awesomeness! (Also referred to Addictiveness...)
Yup, this game is almost made up of pure awesomeness, except when there's that one guy who's camping all the time. But even so, a high 10/10 is given! Story: Well, this really isn't applicable, I just thought I would make sure that you guys would not expect a story in this game, as it's just not that kind of game. So,
N/A. Gameplay/ Controls: This game has many things that have become standard in FPS games. Namely, the controls and several mechanics. But, one thing that is unique, at least in my opinion is the slow down button... More or less, the speed option. When you have a knife equipped, you'll move faster than if you have the pistol or standard firearm. But, you can hit the Shift button and you'll slow down farther. This helps if you know you're the last man standing, another thing that I find is unique. They will announce that you're the last man left on your team. This help you to know that you should be VERY careful. But back to the "Sneak/ Slow Down" this has been done in a video game, but I find that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive did it much better than many games have done. The game is smooth! That's all I really need to say about how they did it. Of coarse, as this is an online game, it also depends on how good your connection to the internet is, and how good your PC is, but for a standard, it's fast and well done. Controls. They are still the standard, left mouse is fire, middle mouse (Wheel) is to cycle through weapons and the "W, A, S, D" for movement. There are a few things that I didn't mention but they aren't unique enough for mention.
I just love the way the game plays. Smooth, good layout, and most important, ease of use. 10/10. Depth: How do you rate a game with so much variety? Well, you give it a high rating! Duh, but wait. What kind of variety is it? Guns, Maps, and players... That's really the big thing. Players. Good ones, bad ones, great with Teams, try the Call of Duty thing, and all that kind of stuff. That's all in here. Maps, well, they are so different... With some having AMAZING Sniping spots, while others don't even have an elevated area. Some have the maps that have tight turns others have the opposite. It's just so incredible. So much variety packed into one game. Guns, I mentioned that I liked the guns earlier. (Especially the FAMAS, and the FN-P90) You have Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Heavy, Light, Pistols, Knives... All of this and one thing more. GRENADES! You can purchase realistic guns in this game! Before the match starts,
select the gun you want to "purchase" or just go with the Pistol and Knife, it's your choice. One thing and I'll end this category. I would say that it's the main feature of CS:GO and it's the Gamemodes. You can do a Death match, Hostage Situation, Bomb Defusing Situation, Arms Race etc. There are more gamemodes than I can think of, and each one is just as cool as the next!
Gamemodes, realistic guns and much more. Need I say more? Still could have more, and that's why it only gets a 9/10. Difficulty: This is most likely the hardest to rate. The reason it's hard to rate is that is has the player factor. It's really a PVP game. And based on the experience of your team, the number of team members you have and other things it really makes each match unique. But, what really makes a big difference is how you try to clear the map. If you try to clear it without using your team, then good luck. It's going to be a losing match... But if you work with your team, and accomplish your goal with speed, it'll be easy... So, I am giving it a harder rating because of the difficulty you will have as the "new guy." When you first start, you have to get used to the things that everyone else already knows about.
9/10, mainly because of Campers and the people who just don't know how to play... Overall: Despite some things in the game that make you frustrated and want to give up, it's one of the best FPS games I have... I know, I've said that about all of them, but this one takes a special place in my Digital "shelf." It's one of my favorite games I have, not just limited to the First-Person Shooters... I just like the maps, the guns, the tactics and pretty much everything else! I give a 9.5 of 10 for this masterpiece!
Graphics 10 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Depth 9 Difficulty 9
Review Rating: 5/5
Submitted: 02-26-15
Review Replies: 0
9.5
Strike! zanderlex
I am completely shocked by how much I fell in love with CS:GO lately. The thing is, I never actually planned on playing it because of how big the file size was and I was afraid that it would hurt the laptop I've been using for the last year and a half. It's for that reason that I didn't download any of the bigger Steam games I had on my last laptop to this one such as Skyrim and Bully, which I had both played quite a bit before. Then one day in August I was watching someone play the game on Twitch and I decided it was finally time to re download the game and ever since I did that, I had not been able to stop playing. I probably had the game installed for no more than 5 weeks and it's already the most played Steam game that I own out of more than 120 over two years. That's how much fun I had playing it, whether it was online or against bots, I would play for about 3 to 5 hours a day and I just couldn't stop.
I loved the game so much that I started doing things that I have never done before for a Steam game. I wanted to play competitively, and I don't mean lie what they have in the game, I joined a ladder and tried to join a team in ESL. I even started making my own workshop items, spending hours just working on one gun, and I'm pretty good at it too, but the point is the game is so much fun.
GRAPHICS 8/10
The graphics for CS:GO are really well done, the characters look pretty decent, the maps are all full of detail, and the weapons are sick. When I mean sick, I mean really really sick. For weapons, they may not all look realistic, but some of the rarer versions of some guns have some really sweet designs, like the Chameleon AUG, which has a chameleon on the side and a bunch of other sweet guns. Aside for the guns, most of the maps are full of extreme detail, like in the Agency map, it looks like you are really in some sort of a government building with all of the furniture and the way that the building looks. Even when you are outside of the building you can see other towers off in the distance and the helicopter moving away from you. Overall, the graphics are sweet and for a grade, they can get an 8 out of 10.
SOUND 9/10
The sound is amazing, for both regular sounds as well as the music. First let’s talk about the music, which at times can be really catchy, like the song that plays when you first boot up the game. After just hearing that song for a couple of times, I fell in love with it and now I love hearing it over and over. As for the sounds, there’s a ton of them, there’s voices, each gun makes a sound, breaking a window, running, pretty much everything has its own sound that makes the game come to life. I love the sound of the game and wouldn’t change a thing about it and for that, my grade for it will be a 9 out of 10.
ADDICTIVENESS 10/10
As I had mentioned earlier, I fell in love with this game, which is already my most played Steam game by a lot after just a few weeks. I already racked up more than 60 hours which is more than 20 hours more than any other of my games and more than 70 achievements and I’m nowhere near being done playing the game. It’s just so much fun. You can play offline against bots in a variety of different game modes, you can play those same games online with friends or other random internet faces, and once you are good enough, you can also play competitive matches against others. That’s just the tip of the niceberg, cause it’s nice, because then you get to collect sweet guns and other weapons. It’s like an awesome card collecting game but better and just collecting guns can get so addicting. For instance, you might find yourself winning cases and weapons as you beat matches, but then you want to open those cases so you buy keys and soon enough you are buying more keys, more cases, and even more weapons, and then later on you will find yourself even betting stuff on other people playing, so the game is actually addicting outside of the game as well. Don’t take my word for it, I told myself I would never play, but then I gave it a shot and I fell in love and I’m sure you will too because of how addicting it is. For a grade, this category gets a perfect 10 out of 10.
STORY N/A
This isn’t the kind of game that doesn’t have a story. It isn’t like most FPS games like CoD or Battlefield where you have Multiplayer and you also have the campaign mode. Here, everything is multiplayer, unless you are playing against bots, and even with that it works the exact same way as multiplayer. The only thing that could even count as a story would be if you join some sort of a league and try to become the best player, but that has nothing to do with the game directly so this section will be left alone.
DEPTH 10/10
Oh boy does this game have a lot of depth. First you have the different game modes. You have deathmatch, Arms, Demolition, Casual, and you have Competitive which can be split into Bomb Scenario and Hostage Scenario. All of those can be played offline with bots or against others, so right off the bat, that’s a lot to offer. Beyond the game mode, you have the amount of maps that you can choose from which is more than two dozen, and some of them are HUGE. Beyond that, you have the choice of weapon which is probably the biggest part about the game. You have more than a dozen different types of guns, then you have plenty of different skins for each gun, and I mean plenty, some can have like 10 or more official skins, and then each weapon skin has its own “usage” state, so like new, used, scarred, and a few others. When you put all those together, you have one jam packed game and overall, depth is going to get another perfect 10 out of 10.
DIFFICULTY 5
The game can be difficult, especially when you first start out, and defiently when you are playing online because who knows, you might end up playing against someone who has many years of experience while you’re still trying to decide which gun is better. However, with a little practice, the game becomes easy, all you need to do is start playing against bots, and soon enough you will be getting 50 kills and less than 10 deaths against them and then you will start playing better when you are up against real people. But still, even if you become the one with so much experience, there’s going to be plenty of real players that are just so good, and there isn’t really anything that you can do to protect yourself from that and for that, the grade for difficulty is going to be a 5.
OVERALL 9.5/10
I’m not going to lie, this is easily one of the 3 best PC games that I have ever played alongside Minecraft and One Finger Death Punch and it could easily be the most addicting of them as well. It’s just so much fun and once you give the game a try, there is no giving up because you will be hooked so if you like FPS games, I really think that you should give it a try, the game is only $15 and that’s a steal for a game that has this much stuff to offer you. Overall, the game was a blast, one of the best and for a grade, it’s not worth anything less than a 9.5 out of 10.
Graphics 8 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Depth 10 Difficulty 5
Review Rating: 5/5
Submitted: 10-03-15
Review Replies: 1
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